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"(intransitive) To move backwards to an earlier stage; to devolve.",
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"sciences",
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"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "rehresíravacʹ",
"sense": "to move backwards to an earlier stage",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "рэгрэсі́раваць"
},
{
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"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "dviža se nazad",
"sense": "to move backwards to an earlier stage",
"word": "движа се назад"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to move backwards to an earlier stage",
"word": "retrocedir"
},
{
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"roman": "teoi³ bou⁶",
"sense": "to move backwards to an earlier stage",
"word": "退步"
},
{
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"sense": "to move backwards to an earlier stage",
"tags": [
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"word": "退步"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "tuìbù",
"sense": "to move backwards to an earlier stage",
"word": "退步"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to move backwards to an earlier stage",
"word": "teruggaan"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to move backwards to an earlier stage",
"word": "régresser"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "ypostréfo",
"sense": "to move backwards to an earlier stage",
"word": "υποστρέφω"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "to move backwards to an earlier stage",
"word": "aischéimnigh"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "to move backwards to an earlier stage",
"word": "téigh ar gcúl"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "to move backwards to an earlier stage",
"word": "cúlaigh"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "kōtai suru",
"sense": "to move backwards to an earlier stage",
"word": "後退する"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "taiho suru",
"sense": "to move backwards to an earlier stage",
"word": "退歩する"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "toebohada",
"sense": "to move backwards to an earlier stage",
"word": "퇴보하다"
},
{
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "to move backwards to an earlier stage",
"word": "grįžimas"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "nazaduva",
"sense": "to move backwards to an earlier stage",
"word": "назадува"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to move backwards to an earlier stage",
"word": "tauheke"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to move backwards to an earlier stage",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "uwsteczniać"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to move backwards to an earlier stage",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "uwsteczniać się"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to move backwards to an earlier stage",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "cofać"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to move backwards to an earlier stage",
"word": "regredir"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to move backwards to an earlier stage",
"word": "retroceder"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to move backwards to an earlier stage",
"word": "regresa"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "regressírovatʹ",
"sense": "to move backwards to an earlier stage",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "регресси́ровать"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to move backwards to an earlier stage",
"word": "retrogradar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to move backwards to an earlier stage",
"word": "retroceder"
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{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "rehresuváty",
"sense": "to move backwards to an earlier stage",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "регресува́ти"
}
],
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